Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

South Dakota-based Avera@Home recently formed a joint venture with personal care provider Kore Cares in a move that grew its service line and geographic reach in the state. It had long partnered with Kore Cares before officially joining forces. It had long partnered with Kore Cares before officially joining forces.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Some Aetna health plans will now offer a certain number of hours of personal care assistance for activities of daily living, she indicated. Under this model we are able to provide care coordination for our members all the way through their advanced illness and end-of-life journey,” Swanson said. “We

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AlayaCare

JUNE 27, 2023

EHR systems serve as a centralized platform that facilitates the seamless sharing of client information among healthcare professionals, reducing the risk of miscommunication and enhancing care coordination. Enhanced documentation and accessibility Gone are the days of sifting through piles of paper documents to find client records.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Betterleave platform provides families with access to care coordinators and death care experts, as well as products and services designed to reduce the burden that accompany those losses. This includes assistance with funerals, memorials and estate services, financial planning and integrated grief care resources.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

The collaboration with VNS Health is intended to boost access to end-of-life care for serious and terminally ill patients by improving care coordination and transitions, Holland indicated. VNS Health is among the largest nonprofit home-based care providers in the nation, serving close to 40,000 patients and health plan members.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

Among the partnership’s early initiatives is a program called Naviguide, a care coordination program in which providers work with clients or their adult children to develop comprehensive community support to enable them to continue aging in place, Daniel indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

More primary care providers are seeing community-based palliative care as an opportunity to bridge gaps among underserved populations, such as seriously ill patients in rural regions, according to Baumgardner. Similar reasons are driving more hospitals and health systems to collaborate with palliative providers, Baumgardner stated.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Melissa Kozak: After identifying frequent shortcomings in care plan adherence by examining survey data on interdisciplinary team care planning and coordination of services, CMS is prioritizing compliance with hospice care plans, making it a focus of new surveyor training requirements.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Despite the margin pressures witnessed in home health, this shift opens doors to value-based arrangements for end-of-life care. This, in turn, can elevate care coordination, resulting in a superior patient experience. Health care is local. Each patient’s needs are distinct, and personalized care plans are essential.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Interoperability is the foundation of how agencies can continue delivering high quality, personalized care even when the world’s turned upside down. When the spectrum of a client’s care team shares real-time information, that client’s needs are clearly understood, resulting in fewer interventions and a better quality of life.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Interoperability is the foundation of how agencies can continue delivering high quality, personalized care even when the world’s turned upside down. When the spectrum of a client’s care team shares real-time information, that client’s needs are clearly understood, resulting in fewer interventions and a better quality of life.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The VA also works very closely with community and home hospice agencies to provide care in the home.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. When patients receive too little time in hospice, families are more likely to be dissatisfied with the end-of-life care. They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

I have channeled my passion for working with underserved communities, beginning as a licensed social worker for a large hospital system, where I experienced firsthand the disparities in healthcare access and limitations in delivering whole-person care.

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CareAcademy Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As patients transition from hospitals to home care, skilled nursing, or rehabilitation, AI provides critical support in several ways: Reducing Hospital Readmissions & Enabling Proactive Care: Predictive analytics and AI-powered monitoring detect early warning signs, allowing timely intervention and reducing complications.

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

For some, Medicare Advantage (MA) may be preferable to traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) due to lower premiums, comprehensive coverage including prescription drugs, predictable costs, care coordination, and in-network provider advantages.

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American In-Home Care

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The knowledge and expertise offered by a specialist can help guide care and provide information about clinical trials. Geriatric Care Specialists. Social workers, care coordinators and case managers have experience and special training in working with older adults who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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